Michigan Street Baptist Church

Macedonia Baptist Church, more commonly known as Michigan Street Baptist Church, is a historic African American Baptist church located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It is a brick church constructed in 1845. Samuel H. Davis was the congregation's fifth pastor, helped raise money for a church building, and as a mason did much of the construction himself. He gave the welcoming address at the 1843 National Convention of Colored Citizens of America.

Macedonia Baptist Church
The Macedonia Baptist Church building
Michigan Street Baptist Church is located in New York
Michigan Street Baptist Church
Michigan Street Baptist Church is located in the United States
Michigan Street Baptist Church
Location511 Michigan Ave., Buffalo, New York
Coordinates42°53′10″N 78°52′3″W
Built1845
NRHP reference No.74001233[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 12, 1974

Rev. J. Edward Nash (1868–1957) served the congregation from 1892 to 1953. His home, the Rev. J. Edward Nash, Sr. House, is located nearby.[2]

Site marker for the former Michigan Street Baptist Church.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

In 2013, the church was the subject of a thorough historic structure report, which is available in hard copy at three Buffalo libraries.[3]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Cornelia E. Brooke (October 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Macedonia Baptist Church" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying three photographs
  3. Buffalo Niagara Freedom Station Coalition; Crawford & Sterns Architects; Historical New York Research Associates (2013). "Historic structure report for the Michigan Street Baptist Church" (print). Retrieved 2023-02-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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